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Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 11:42 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My before and after is just completed. Our table and benches used to sit in a lovely bed of sweet woodruff. Then the grass and weeds moved in and it was just impossible to weed them out. Even doing it twice a year was a waste of hours better spent elsewhere. So I mowed the sweet woodruff and then the digging began:

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We dug down to fairly compact soil and filled the hole with screenings. It took a while to get just the right amount and make it flat. Hosed it down to compact it.

Next we got flagstones..of course not quite enough, so had to return for more. Getting everything right is a tricky business, but I am pleased with the outcome!

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 02:06 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow! Marie that is quite a transformation~
Neat pics...

Gardenshowlady - SC Lowcountry, Zone "8B"
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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 07:32 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh Marie can you come an make a spot like that for me? That's wonderful.

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 09:23 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Well done Marie.

A nice place to contemplate more plants!

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 09:52 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

It looks really good. The sitting area is better defined now then before and the time you save on mowing can be spent on elsewhere...

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 10:05 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow, how very pretty, Marie!

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 12:07 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Good looking paving stones - the whole effect is very attractive ... and ...
Hydrangea wrote on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 04:23 am:

A nice place to contemplate more plants!

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 07:00 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That's great. I love a spot to sit and relax and think of more things to plant. Great job.

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Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 07:38 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh Marie - that is wonderful. Lots of work but well worth it - the finished look it perfect.

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 02:06 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh Nice - though I did love to pull up the grass (I suppose it wasn't just grass!?) with my toes on a hot day, and the smell of it freshly mown... but how long ago was it that I was there in summer anyway!

By the way, nice new personal icon photo. Just can't see your face!

Littlegardenbug - Alberta, Zone "3?"
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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 02:13 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I love it!! It turned out beautifully, Marie.

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 03:37 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow!!! That is fabulous. It makes the whole area look so clean and crisp. I love you new profile photo Marie.

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 08:13 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Great job Marie and from the shot of your garden beds, they look better than you have been mentioning. I miss seeing your posts of your gardens, you do have some wonderful things. Hopefully the weather will cool off for all of us soon and our plants will respond with some renewed growth.

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 11:55 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Looks great, Marie! A very pleasant spot in the shade.

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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 02:12 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Looks great! Just what it needed.
:) Donna

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Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 10:04 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Great Job Marie!

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Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 01:01 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post


I LIKE IT!!!..It really defines your area now and I am sure upkeep is to a minimum now...Well Done!!....Jeanne
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Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 12:01 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Very nice! I agree that the stones help to define the "sitting area". How nice to have a shady spot in which to relax.

Ph_in_va - Virginia, Zone "6b/7a"
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Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 09:42 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

A great transformation Marie, so clean and crisp.
Good work!

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Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 05:26 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

WOW that looks so much nicer. Taking care of it will be so much easier also.

Mary

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Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 02:19 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Very nice job!

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Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 02:39 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I'd love to have something like that in our yard! Great job!

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